Novel 1h-3, 1, 4, 2-benzoxadiazaborepines



United States Patent 3,115,523 NOVEL 1H-3,1,4,2-BENZOXADIAZABOREP1NESHarry Louis Yale, New Brunswick, N.J., assignor to Olin Mathies'onChemical Corporation, New York, N.Y., a corporation of Virginia N0Drawing. Filed Sept. 25, 1961, Ser. No. 140,258 Claims. (Qi. 260-551)This invention relates to cyclic boron compounds. More particularly, theinvention relates to compounds represented by the structural formula Inthe above formula, the symbol R represents hydroxy, alkyl, cycloalkyl,aryl and aralkyl groups. The aryl groups represented by R include themonocyclic phenyl group or bicyclic naphthyl group each of which may inaddition bear one or more (preferably up to .three) substituents such aslower alkyl, e.g. methyl, ethyl,

propyl, isopropyl, butyl and the like, a halogen, e.g. chlorine,bromine, iodine or fluorine, or a lower alkoxy group such as methoxy,ethoxy and the like. The aralkyl groups represented by R include thephenyl group, substituted or unsubstituted as described above, attachedto a straight or branched chain lower alkylene chain. The alkyl groupsrepresented by R are preferably lower alkyl groups such as thoseillustrated above and the cycloalkyl groups include cycloaliphaticgroups, preferably containing 3 to 6 carbon atoms, such as cyclopropyl,cyclobutyl, cyclopentyl and cyclohexyl.

R represents hydrogen as well as alkyl, aryl and aralkyl groups of thecharacter defined above. It also represents basic groups such asdi-lower alkyl-aminolower alkylene groups, eg dimethylamjnomethyl,dimethylaminopropyl, diethylaminoethyl, and the like; the nitrogen ofthe basic group may also be part of a 5- to 6-membered heterocyclic toform substituents such as piperidinomethyl, piperidinoethyl,morpholinomethyl, pyrrolidinomethyl and the like.

R and R are representative of hydrogen, halogen, alkoxy, sulfonamido,alkyl and haloalkyl. The alkyl and alkoxy groups are preferably loweralkyl and lower alkoxy groups of the character described previously inthe discussion of the symbol R. The h-aloalkyl groups represented by Rand R include monohalogenated groups such as chloromethyl, bromoethyland the like, as well as polyhalogenated groups such as trifluoromethyl.Any halogen may appear in these substituents.

Compounds of this invention include, for example, 2- phenyl 1H 3,1,4,2benzoxadiazaborepine, 7 chloro 2 (2 naphthyl) 1H 3,1,4,2benzoxadiazaborepine, 7 methyl 2 (2,4 dimethylphenyl) 1H 3,'1,4,2benzoxadiazaborepine, 2 (2-mesityl)-7-sul-fonamido-1H- 3,l,4,2-benzoxadiazaborepine, 2-(p-anisyl) -1-( 3-dimethylaminopropyl) 1H3,1,4,2 benzoxadiazaborepine, 6,7 dimethoxy 2(2 phenethyl) 1H 3,1,4,2benzoxadi azaborepine; 8 b-romo 2 -(n propyl) 1H 3,1,4,2benzoxadiazaborepine.

The compounds of this invention are useful as hypotensive agents and ascentral depressants in psychotherapy. They are useful also in thediagnosis of glioma and may be usefiul for the alleviation of symptomsor treatment thereof. They may be administered orally or parenterally inconventional vehicles according to customary practice.

The compounds of Formula I are produced by reacting a compound of theformula wherein the symbols have the meaning already defined, with aboronic acid of the formula wherein R has the meaning already defined.

The reaction between the compound of Formula II and boronic acid ispreferably effected in a non-aqueous medium, e.g. a hydrocarbon solventsuch as Xylene, toluene, petroleum ether, or the like, or another inertsolvent such as diethyleneglycol dimethyl ether, dioxane,carbontetrachloride, etc, or mixtures thereof. A mixture of thereactants may be heated and the water formed in the reaction is removedazeotropically. Anhydrous reactants and solvents contribute to a moreeffective reaction.

The intermediates of Formula II are prepared by converting theanthranilic or substituted anthranilic acid by means of methanol andsulfuric acid to the methyl ester; the latter, by the procedure ofAlbert [1. Chem. Soc. 1225 (1948)], are converted next to the carbohydrazide, then to the p-tolylsulfoncarbohydrazide, and the latterdecomposed in ethylene glycol by means of anhydrous sodium carbonate tothe aldehyde. The aldehyde, by treatment with hydroxylamine in aqueousalkaline solution, gives the oxime, which is liberated from its alkalimetal salt by acidification.

The following examples are illustrative of the invention. Alltemperatures are stated on the centigrade scale.

11 C=NO11 Example 1 A mixture of 1.36 g. of anthranilaldehyde oxime,1.22 g. of benzene boronic acid and 100 ml. of dry xylene are heated forthree hours using a Dean-Stark water separator. The yellow productseparates from the boiling solution during this time. The reactionmixture is cooled and the solid filtered. The yellow solid ist-riturated with ether to obtain the product,2-phenyl-1H-3,1,4,2-benzoxadiazaborepine, M.P. 249251.

Example 2 (a) A mixture of 39.5 g. of 6-chloroisatoic anhydride in 500ml. of 95% ethanol is treated with 23.5 g. of hydrazine hydrate.Subsequently, the mixture is refluxed for two hours and concentrated todryness to give S-chloroanthranilhydrazide. This product, by theprocedure of A. Albert [1. Chem. Soc. 1225 (1948)] givesS-chloroanthranilaldehyde; and 17.1 g. of the aldehyde, 36.0 g. ofhydroxylamine hydrochloride and 1000 ml. of 1.05 N a ueous sodiumhydroxide solution, warmed for 15 minutes in the steam bath, filtered,and the filtrate cooled and acidified with hydrochloric acid gives5-chloro anthranilaldehyde oxime.

(b) By substituting 1.71 g. of S-chloroanthranilaldehyde oxime for theanthranilaldehyde oxime and 1.72 g. of 2-naphthalene boronic acid forthe benz-eneboronic acid in Example 1, there is obtained 7-chloro-2-(2-naphthyl) 11-1-3, 1 ,4,2-benzoxadiazaborepine.

Example 3 (a) By substituting 17.7 g. of 6-methylisatoic anhydride forthe 6-chloroisatoic anhydride in Example 2(a) there is obtainedS-methylanthranilaldehyde oxime.

(b) By substituting 1.51 g. of 6-methylanthranilaldehyde oxime for theanthranilaldehyde oxirne and 1.50 g.

' anthranilhydrazide.

of 2,4-dimethylbenzeneboronic acid for the benzeneboronic acid inExample 1, there is obtained 2-(2,4-dimethylphenyl) 7 methyl 1H 3,1,4,2benzoxadiazaborepine.

Example 4 (a) -sulfoanthranilic acid, 21.7 g., 400 ml. of n-butanol and1.0 g. of p-toluenesulfonic acid are refluxed under a device forremoving the water formed during the reaction and distilling as awater-n-butanol azeotrope. The esterification is complete in about threehours. The mixture is concentrated to dryness. The residue, con sistingof 5-sulfoanthrani1ic acid, butyl ester, 50 ml. of thionyl chloride and2.5 ml. of N,N-dimethylformamide are refluxed for four hours and thenconcentrated to dryness. The residue, consisting ofS-chlorosulfonylanthranilic acid, butyl ester, is added slowly, with icecooling to 100 ml. of concentrated ammonia. The mixture is then allowedto stand overnight at room temperature and the product,5-sulfonamidoanthranilic acid, butyl estfier is filtered.

(b) The product from (a), 25 ml. of hydrazine hydrate and 100 ml. of 95%ethanol are refluxed for three hours and then concentrated to give 5-sulfonarnido- This product, by the procedure of A. Albert [supra] gives5-sulfonamidoanthranilaldehyde.

.The aldehyde, hydroxylamine hydrochloride and aqueous sodium hydroxideas in Example 2(a) gives 5-sulfonamidoanthranilaldehyde oxime.

(c) By substituting 2.15 g. of 5-sulfonamidoanthranilaldehyde oxime forthe anthranilaldehyde oxime and 1.64 g. of mesityleneboronic acid forthe benzeneboronic acid in Example 1, there is obtained2-(2-mesityl)-7-sulfonamido-1H-3,1,4,2-benzoxadiazaborepine.

Example 5 (a) To a solution of 19.3 g. of anhydrous sodium carbonate in150 ml. of water is added portionwise 50 g. of anthranilic acid,followed by 50 g. of 3 -dimethylaminopropyl chloride, also added slowly.The mixture is stirred and refluxed for two hours to give 63 g. of N-3-dimethylaminopropyl) anthranilic acid.

(b) To 15 g. of anhydrous potassium carbonate in 300 ml. of water isadded slowly 62.5 g. of the product from (a) above, followed by the slowaddition of 37.0 g. of ethyl chloroformate. The precipitated solid isfiltered to give 70.3 g. ofN-carboxy-N-(3-dimethylaminopropyl)anthranilic acid, N-ethyl ester.

(0) The product from (b) is placed in a preheated oil bath at 220 andheated one-half hour at 220 to give 35.6 g. of1-(3-dimethylaminopropyl)isatoic anhydride.

(d) By substituting 59.6 g. of 1-(3-dimethylaminopropyl)isatoicanhydride for the chloroisatoic anhydride in Example 2(a), there isobtained N-(3-dimethylaminopropyl)anthranilaldehyde oxime.

(2) By substituting 2.16 g. of the product from (d) above for theanthranilaldehyde oxime and 1.52 g. of p-anisoleboronic acid for thebenzeneboronic acid in Example 1, there is obtained2-(p-anisyl)-1-(3-dimethylanimopropyl)-1H-3,1,4,Z-benzoxadiazaborepine.

Example 6 (a) By substituting 44.6 g. of 5,6-dimethoxyisatoic anhydridefor the 6-chloroisatoic anhydride in Example 2(a), there is obtained5,6-dimethoxyanthranilaldehyde oxime.

(b) By substituting 1.96 g. of 5,6-dimethoxyanthranilaldehyde oxime forthe anthranilaldehyde oxime and 1.72 g. of 2-phenylethaneboronic acidfor the 2-benzeneboronic acid of Example 1, there is obtained6,7-dimethoxy-2-(2-phenethyl)-1H-3,1,4,2-benzoxadiazaborepine.

Example 7 '(a) By substituting 48.4 g. of 7-bromoisatoic anhydride(prepared from 4-bromoanthranilic acid and phos- 4 gene in aqueoussodium carbonate solution) for the 6-chloroisatoic anhydride in Example2, there is obtained 4-bromoanthranilaldehyde oxime.

(b) By substituting 2.2 g. of 4-bromoanthranilaldehyde oxime for theanthranilaldehyde oxime and 0.88 g. of n-propaneboronic acid, for thebenzeneboronic acid in Example 1, there is obtained8-bromo-2-(n-propyl)- 1H-3,1,4,2-benzoxadiazaborepine.

What is claimed is:

1. A compound of the formula wherein R represents a member of the groupconsisting of hydroxy, lower alkyl, cycloalkyl of 3 to 6 carbon atoms,monocyclic aryl and bicyclic aryl bearing 0 to 3 members of the groupconsisting of lower alkyl, lower alkoxy and halogen and phenyl-loweralkylene bearing in the phenyl ring 0 to 3 members of the groupconsisting of lower alkyl, lower alkoxy and halogen; R represents amember of the group consisting of hydro gen, lower alkyl, monocyclicaryl and bicyclic aryl bearing 0 to 3 members of the group consisting oflower alkyl, lower alkoxy and halogen and phenyl-lower alkylene bearingin the phenyl ring 0 to 3 members of the group consisting of loweralkyl, lower alkoxy and halogen; and R and R are each selected from thegroup consisting of hydrogen, halogen, sulfonamido, lower alkyl, loweralkoxy and halo-lower alkyl.

2. A compound of the formula B -phcnyl lower alkyl 3. A compound of theformula lower alkyl 4. A compound of the formula halogen B-phenyl loweralkyl 5. A compound of the formula HzNS O2 B-phenyl l l-Z 6 6.2-phenyl-1H-3,1,4,Z-benzoxadiazaborepine. which comprises reacting acompound of the formula 7. 7 chloro 2 (2 naphthyl) lI-I 3,1,4,2 benz- Hoxadiazaborepine. l

8. A process for the production of compounds of the R HKCAVOH formula 5R2 1 V-NH-R H wherein R R and R have the same meaning as above, with aboronic acid of the formula R RB-(OH) R2 I R wherein R has the samemeaning as above in a nonaqueous medium.

I 9. A process for the production of a compound of the 1 formula whereinR represents a member of the group consisting of hydroxy, lower alkyl,cycloalkyl of 3 to 6 0 carbon atoms, monocyclic aryl and bicyclic aryl Qlgphenyl bearing 0 to 3 members of the group consisting of lower alkyl,lower alkoxy and halogen, and phenyllower alkylene bearing on the phenylring 0 to 3 lower alkyl members of the group consisting of lower alkyl,which comprises reacting a compound of the formula lower alkoxy andhalogen; R represents a member of the group consisting of hydrogen,lower alkyl, (BZNOH monocyclic aryl and bicyclic aryl bearing 0 to 3 5members of the group consisting of lower alkyl, NHJOWH alkyl loweralkoxy and halogen, and phenyl-lower alkylene bearing on the phenyl ring0 to 3 members of with benzeneboronic acid in a non-aqueous medium.

the group consisting of lower alkyl, lower alkoxy 10. A process for theproduction of 2-phenyl-lH-3,1, and halogen; and R and R are eachselected from 4,2 benzoxadiazaborepine which comprises heating anthegroup consisting of hydrogen, halogen, sulfonthranilaldehyde oxime withbenzeneboronic acid in anonamido, lower alkyl, lower alkoXy andhalo-lower aqueous medium. alkyl,

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